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Investors to increase allocation to crypto assets

The growing number of startups offering crypto investment services will be buoyed by news that institutional investors are set to increase the amount of capital they spend on crypto assets.

/payments

In-vehicle payments to exceed $86bn by 2025 says research

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the value of in-vehicle payments, where a payment is made via embedded vehicle systems, will reach $86 billion in 2025, up from just $543 million in 2020.

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Royal Mint will not make new 2p or £2 coins for 10 years

With demand dwindling, the UK's Royal Mint is not planning to make any new 2p or £2 coins over the next decade.

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Capco outlines 2021 priorities for payment providers

The Covid pandemic has dramatically altered consumer behaviours and priorities when purchasing goods and services.

/startups

Fintech sector faces "existential crisis" says McKinsey

Europe's fintech sector faces an "existential crisis", says McKinsey, as sources of funding dry up during the ongoing Covid pandemic.

/sustainable

UK banks accused of failing on climate strategy

Despite much green talk, just two of the UK's 36 main banks can clearly demonstrate effective plans to reduce their carbon impacts in a timely manner, claims research from the Ethical Consumer magazine.

/markets

BBVA trials quantum computing to optimise investment portfolio management

BBVA and Spanish startup Multiverse have run a proof-of-concept using quantum technologies to improve the process of dynamically optimising investment portfolios with market data.

/retail

BAI finds FS leaders struggle with how to take meaningful actions on diversity

Financial services leaders are committed to creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce, but they still struggle with how to take meaningful actions that have a real impact, according to research recently conducted by BAI, a nonprofit independent organization that delivers the financial services industry’s most actionable insights.

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BIS examines the rise of the CBDCs

While central banks around the world are investigating the creation of their own digital currencies, there is huge variance in the approaches being taken, a new Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper shows.

/retail

Covid-19: UK fintech founders call for more government support

Only a quarter of UK fintech firms believe that the government has supported the sector well through the Covid-19 crisis, according to a survey of founders, with two thirds claiming that their voices are not properly heard in policy and regulatory circles.

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Fed partners MIT on 'hypothetical' digital currency

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop a "hypothetical" digital currency platform.

/covid-19

Starling: Two thirds of UK SMEs optimistic about Covid-19 recovery in 2021

According to a survey of over 300 UK SMEs conducted by Starling Bank and the Great British Entrepreneur Awards (GBEA), 68% of small to medium-sized businesses believe they will return to pre-Covid levels of success in early 2021.

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DBS: Central banks 'troubled and intrigued' by expansion in digital currency

DBS describes the growth of digital currency as both fascinating and daunting in a new research paper, 'Digital Currencies: Public and Private, Present and Future'.

/startups

Fintech funding falls as Covid-19 hits home

As the Covid-19 fallout hit home, fintech funding saw its third straight quarterly decline in Q2, according to data from Forrester.

/regulation

Machine learning: foe and friend for market surveillance

The rise of machine learning in trading is posing new challenges for market surveillance, but the technology could also be a useful tool for identifying abuse risks, according to a report from the FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB).

/sustainable

Coordinating ESG solution ideation for investment and asset management

In June 2020, Finextra Research welcomed industry experts to Sustainable Finance Live, the first virtual interactive workshop to discuss how financial services firms and technology companies can achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

/wholesale

Banks must resolve explainability and “black box” risk governance challenges to succeed with AI post

Data bias, “black box” risk, and lack of human oversight are the main governance issues for banks using AI, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report “Overseeing AI: Governing artificial intelligence in banking”.

/crime

Stablecoins pose AML threat - FATF

Stablecoins could be attractive to criminals and terrorists if they reach mass-adoption, warns the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) which nevertheless concludes that its revised standards can mitigate the risks - as long as these new coins are centralised.

/payments

CPMI sets out plan to fix 'slow, expensive, unreliable' cross-border payments

The emergence of new players such as Libra has thrown into sharp relief how slow, expensive and unreliable traditional cross-border payments can be, says a Bank for International Settlement committee report which also offers some ideas for improving the situation.

/covid-19

FS firms accelerating digital plans amid Covid 19: Broadridge

More than half of financial services companies plan to accelerate implementation of their next generation technology strategies, according to a new global survey of 500 financial services C-Suite executives and their direct reports released today by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global fintech leader